Budget Basics: The Citizen’s Guide
Learn about steps you can take to help cure our fiscal ills.
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Learn about steps you can take to help cure our fiscal ills.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/download-the-citizen%E2%80%99s-guide
Once we have a plan in place that reduces spending and increases revenues, a strong annual budget process for the government would help us stay on track.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/fixing-the-budget-process
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation presents a primer on the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/the-federal-budget-primer
The U.S. spent $187 billion on interest payments alone in 2009.
America faces a growing crisis. Our federal government has accumulated a $13.6 trillion debt over the last few decades, and this debt is expected to grow significantly in coming years.
Making changes to defense, health care and Social Security will help us reduce our debt, and also leave money to fund other critical responsibilities and invest in our future.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/the-other-20-of-federal-spending
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For more information about America’s fiscal challenge and potential solutions, visit the Peter G. Peterson Foundation at www.pgpf.org. The following websites also provide a wealth of information on the U.S. budget and various policy areas.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/state-of-the-unions-finances/learn-more
The nation's long-term fiscal outlook is unsustainable. Publicly held debt currently equals 70 percent of gross domestic product, the most common measure of an economy's size.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/state-of-the-unions-finances/introduction
Controlling our structural budget deficits will require major changes in budget policy.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/state-of-the-unions-finances/the-elements